This updated edition analyses the challenges, both internal and external, facing Saudi
Arabia in the twenty-first century. Two new chapters discuss the political, economic and …

Tribes and Politics in Yemen tells the story of the Houthi conflict in Sa'dah Province, Yemen,
as seen through the eyes of the local tribes. In the West the Houthi conflict, which erupted in …

Through an examination of 129 territorial disputes between 1950 and 1990, Paul Huth
presents a new theoretical approach for analyzing the foreign policy behavior of states, one …

For decades, Arab states and societies have been involved in an ongoing conflict over the
goals and norms of Arabism. In this comprehensive study, Michael Barnett explores the …

Oil is the world's single most important commodity and its political effects are pervasive. Jeff
D. Colgan extends the idea of the resource curse into the realm of international relations …

Yemen's modern history is unique and deserves to be better understood. While the borders
of most Middle East states were defined by colonial powers after the collapse of the Ottoman …

For fifty-five years, the United States and Saudi Arabia were solid partners. Then came the
9/11 attacks, which sorely tested that relationship. In Thicker than Oil, Rachel Bronson …

Although this collection of ten separate studies of the foreign policies of Egypt, Israel, Syria,
Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Libya, Tunisia, Yemen, Iran, and Turkey have different authors …

The mesmerizing story of two countries caught in history whose rivalry can destroy the world
or restore its peace, this is the first book to untangle the complex relationship of Saudi Arabia …

2008—British-Kuwait Friendship Prize in Middle Eastern Studies–British Society for Middle
Eastern Studies A Tribal Order describes the politico-legal system of Jabal Razih, a remote …